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Finnish and Venezuelan FIM world champions in smaller classes have also won the 200. Scott Russell and Miguel Duhamel are tied for most Daytona 200 wins at five each. Russell, known by the nickname "Mr. Daytona" [25] because of his achievements at the famed track, won all his Daytona races in the Superbike class (750-1000cc). Duhamel's fifth ...
The 2022 Daytona 200 was a thriller thanks to Brandon Paasch's last-second pass. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
He won the 1970 Daytona 200, a race that he had not won in fifteen attempts. [2] [5] Mann beat former world champion Mike Hailwood, and rising stars Gene Romero and Gary Nixon. [2] [6] It was the first win by Honda in an AMA national, [1] and it happened at the series' premiere event. In 1971 Mann won his second Grand National title on a BSA. [4]
In the 66 editions of the Daytona 500 that have occurred as of the 2024 race, 43 different drivers have won. [13] The winner of the first race was Lee Petty in 1959, and the most recent victor was William Byron in 2024. [1] Richard Petty holds the record for the most victories with seven, with Cale Yarborough in second place with four wins. [14]
Gary Nixon (January 25, 1941 – August 5, 2011) was an American professional motorcycle racer who most notably won the A.M.A. Grand National Championship in 1967 and 1968 as a member of the Triumph factory racing team. [1] He was also the winner of the 1967 Daytona 200 motorcycle race on a 500cc Triumph Daytona. [2] Nixon was born in Anadarko ...
Wililam Byron, who led all NASCAR Cup drivers with six wins in 2023, scored the biggest triumph of his career Monday, winning the 66th Daytona 500. Wililam Byron, who led all NASCAR Cup drivers ...
Denny Hamlin, 43, has one more Daytona 500 win in the field than Jimmie Johnson, who has two. No other driver in the field has taken the checkered flag in the Daytona 500 more than once. Hamlin's ...
In 1984, Lawson began winning regularly and won the 1984 World Championship. [2] It would mark the first of four world titles Lawson would go on to win. [2] In 1985, he won the prestigious Imola 200 pre-season race. [6] Lawson began the 1986 season by winning the Daytona 200 in a dominating manner to give Yamaha their first AMA Superbike ...